Kuala Lumpur: Singaporean traffic offenders will be barred from leaving the country and can be arrested if they have outstanding traffic summonses and summonses with arrest warrant status.
Over 100,000 summons yet to be paid
Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) director, Datuk Mat Kasim Karim said, until now a total of 108,757 summonses have not been settled compared to 143,427 summonses issued from 2016 to 2021.
“JSPT would like to remind all Singaporean traffic offenders that they can be barred from leaving the country if they have an outstanding summons either Pol 170A or Pol 257 based on Section 66J of the Road Transport Act 1987 and under Section 24 (4) of the Police Act 1967.
“Meanwhile, if the traffic offenders have an arrest warrant status summons, the police will arrest them and charge them in court. If they cannot be charged on the same day, the traffic offenders will be arrested if they cannot produce a surety among Malaysians, before being charged the next day. “he said in a statement, today.
Commenting on the enforcement carried out, Mat Kasim said, his party always conducts the Foreign Citizens Outstanding Summons Operation (OSTWA) to take action against Singaporean traffic offenders whether large -scale involving all contingents or medium conducted by the Johor contingent throughout the year.
“In this regard, I deny the issue of outstanding summonses related to weaknesses in enforcement. The thing that also contributes to the outstanding summons is that the summons notice failed to be served due to not having the address of the traffic offender to enable the summons to be posted to them.
“In addition, it is possible that some vehicles issued summonses by the police have been disposed of when they reach their deadline, which is five years based on the law in force in Singapore,” he said.
According to him, he also welcomed the implementation of the registration of Singaporean vehicles by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) through the Road Charge Collection System (RC) and Foreign Vehicle Entry Record (VEP) which will take effect at the country’s border gates soon.
“Based on this system, the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) will obtain information on traffic offenders to enable summons notices to be served on traffic offenders.
“The system will also scan the registration number of Singaporean vehicles entering the Malaysian border as well as display the number of outstanding summonses and they are barred from leaving until all summonses are cleared based on the provisions of the law,” he said.
Improved Enforcement
He said, JSPT has improved the enforcement equipment to be more modern and effective by using 40 Vehicle Registration Number Scanners (iCOPS) to detect traffic offenders who have outstanding summonses and arrest warrant status summonses.
“These scanners are connected directly to a database able to detect lost or reported stolen vehicles including clone vehicles.
“Besides that, to improve the efficiency and safety of road users, JSPT also uses Speed ​​Limit Detection Equipment (In-Car Radar) installed on patrol vehicles to deal with speeding offenses and issue summonses against traffic offenders at the same time. “he said.